DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 09/29 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 18Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time 0653z - - 0955z - - 1326z - - 1554z - - 1854z Update Time FCST PERIOD 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr - - 6 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m 55.6 - - 61.8 - - 66.5 - - 66.9 - - 64.0 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating 2 - - 72 - - 82 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 48 - - 988 - - 1964 - - 1899 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit 920 - - 921 - - 1393 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top 937 - - 1877 - - 2853 - - 2788 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. 239 - - 942 - - 613 - - 508 - - 1788 Hgt.Variab. W* 19 - - 173 - - 232 - - 198 - - 11 W* B/S 2 - - 5 - - 7 - - 5 - - 0 B/S BL Wind 1 - - 6 - - 6 - - 8 - - 4 BL Wind Direction 110 - - 137 - - 138 - - 140 - - 124 Direction Wind Shear 0 - - 4 - - 1 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg 0 - - -2 - - 0 - - -3 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent 0 - - 424 - - 703 - - 813 - - -174 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL 937 - - 1454 - - 2150 - - 1975 - - 1111 sfcLCL ODpotential -7063 - - 166 - - 174 - - 284 - - -1226 ODpotential blCL 8000 - - 1711 - - 2679 - - 2504 - - 2163 blCL maxRH 100 - - 100 - - 96 - - 96 - - 91 maxRH CAPE 0 - - 0 - - 10 - - 10 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m 55.6 - - 61.8 - - 66.5 - - 66.9 - - 64.0 Temp@2m DewPt@2m 55.5 - - 58.7 - - 60.3 - - 61.4 - - 62.2 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot 55.8 - - 61.3 - - 65.9 - - 66.5 - - 65.3 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot 55.7 - - 58.1 - - 59.2 - - 60.5 - - 62.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating 2 - - 72 - - 82 - - 52 - - -12 Sfc.Heating BL Depth 48 - - 988 - - 1964 - - 1899 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT 98 - - 99 - - 85 - - 85 - - 64 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 10 - - 10 - - 11 - - 11 - - 12 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97889 18 259 14 237 15 254 24 254 20 262 97889 90567 10 272 5 279 10 261 15 226 17 271 90567 84947 8 303 5 295 8 252 10 233 14 288 84947 80288 4 287 4 307 8 211 13 255 9 272 80288 76286 1 223 5 318 3 224 12 251 10 269 76286 72757 3 275 5 277 2 250 6 245 9 252 72757 69558 10 284 2 280 5 218 8 226 10 255 69558 66603 8 265 2 285 8 224 11 225 10 255 66603 63848 7 227 7 276 7 272 7 236 8 244 63848 61177 11 223 13 260 13 280 10 252 10 238 61177 58389 8 217 10 247 14 251 16 239 11 238 58389 55491 18 278 14 259 18 241 25 246 24 251 55491 52738 26 272 19 257 26 253 30 250 30 250 52738 50281 27 271 25 265 28 259 28 261 31 255 50281 48089 29 279 30 275 25 270 28 267 34 258 48089 46100 32 284 31 284 27 280 30 269 33 254 46100 44281 31 288 34 288 31 282 28 269 30 249 44281 42608 30 289 35 284 32 273 29 264 28 251 42608 41058 29 289 31 273 29 264 28 262 24 255 41058 39609 26 297 24 272 24 267 24 267 17 256 39609 38245 27 307 18 281 20 278 18 274 11 248 38245 36920 29 303 20 297 17 295 10 273 9 222 36920 35567 23 305 21 291 21 295 10 288 8 201 35567 34158 21 306 22 279 24 285 14 289 8 214 34158 32695 23 309 26 282 24 282 18 283 12 247 32695 31164 26 307 28 285 25 286 21 279 15 261 31164 29554 27 309 24 287 26 285 23 277 19 267 29554 27864 27 311 23 299 23 285 24 273 21 268 27864 26093 28 313 25 304 22 291 23 277 23 271 26093 24242 27 317 23 305 22 297 24 283 24 274 24242 22313 22 336 18 313 19 288 23 283 24 278 22313 20300 19 327 14 327 12 287 17 263 21 276 20300 18200 17 329 13 337 9 302 10 269 12 265 18200 16060 19 354 14 355 8 326 8 287 5 287 16060 14000 17 353 15 350 10 336 10 301 11 330 14000 12127 14 344 16 342 15 345 11 321 14 339 12127 10460 12 343 15 337 19 345 14 329 17 336 10460 8974 9 349 11 333 17 333 17 327 16 340 8974 7651 8 333 7 324 13 324 17 327 14 349 7651 6475 7 328 6 319 9 309 12 325 10 348 6475 5438 8 316 5 328 5 291 6 299 3 320 5438 4530 10 329 4 319 3 284 4 252 4 214 4530 3730 7 353 0 065 3 170 6 178 9 195 3730 3019 3 115 7 117 6*139 8*147 12 163 3019 2394 8 151 10*116 6*137 8*143 13 142 2394 1874 9 146 8*132 6 137 8 141 13 136 1874 1474 8 139 7 138 6 138 8 140 12 134 1474 1200 7 134 6 140 6 139 8 139 11 132 1200 1033 2*116 5 140 5 139 7 139 9 130 1033 937 1*110 5 140 5 138 6 138 4*124 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography